title: Yersinia enterocolitica aroA mutants as carriers of the B subunit of the Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin to the murine immune system.
abstract: Plasmid p5F which directs the expression of the Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin B subunit (LT-B) from the ptac promoter was introduced into the attenuated Yersinia enterocolitica O:8 aroA mutant strain YAM.1. YAM.1 (p5F) expressed high levels of cell-associated and secreted LT-B in a stable fashion when grown on normal laboratory medium. The strain was used as a live oral vaccine in BALB/c mice and vaccinated mice developed high levels of gut-associated and systemic antibodies to both LT-B and the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of the vaccine strain. Anti-LT-B and anti-LPS responses in the sera were predominantly of the IgG class whereas gut-associated antibodies were predominantly IgA. ELISPOT assays carried out on selected tissues prepared from vaccinated mice showed significant numbers of cells synthesising IgG and IgA antibodies to LT-B. These results show that Y. enterocolitica aroA mutants can be used effectively as carriers of heterologous antigens to the murine immune system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Wellcome Biotech, Beckenham, Kent, U.K.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Gaora
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bowe
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hormaeche
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Demarco de Hormaeche
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cafferkey
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tite
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dougan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000097:blood; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D007114:Immunization; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009154:Mutation; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C027538:heat-labile enterotoxin, E coli